Gifts that Give Back: Planet Dog

      Planet Dog is a company that makes toys and other useful items for dogs. Including the Glow for Good Ball 100% of the proceeds from the sale go to the Planet Dog Foundation - which supports services dogs (search and rescue dogs, therapy dogs, bomb sniffing dogs etc.) It's like an infinite chain of helping-ness. You give a dog a ball, buying that ball helps service dogs, and service dogs help other people. The Pay It Forward kid would be proud. Even if you don't need a dog toy, but maybe want to get a leash, or travel doggie bowls - a potion of what you spend will go to the Planet Dog Foundation. You also have the option to directly donate a dollar (or five, or however much you like) when you checkout from their online store.

     I can personally vouch for the toughness of these dog toys. One Christmas, all three of my step-siblings had recently adopted puppies - so I decided to give everyone dog related things for Christmas. Two of the dogs were apparently big dog toy chewers, they'd shred those doggy newspapers in an hour. I got them both the light bulb toy (which is only a 3 out of 5 on the chew-o-meter, mind you,)  Both step-siblings were convinced the toys would be torn up by New Years. It's been 2 years, and both light bulbs are still fully intact.

Planet Dog also has a great selection of items that are made in the USA and/or Eco-friendly.

Ideal for:
Your dog
Anyone with a new dog
Anyone who's crazy about their dog

Upcoming Stuff

     So December is upon us, and all of our TV shows are going to be taking a little break soon. What to do? Sure we may have relatives to visit with, food to help make, presents to wrap, and a house to "holiday-ifiy" but what do we do once our realtives are driving us crazy to no end, you've been helping with food so much you've lost your appetite, you've decided the whole 'wrapping things up all pretty so they can be torn apart' idea is stupid, and you just can't take anymore of the holidays!

     My answer to that - some good old fashioned TV. Sure Degrassi may be on hiatus, Glee may not be returning until next April - but there's plenty of awesome shows you can pick up at your local video store, library,  or add to your Netflix que, that can cure a case of the holidays. In addition to me reviewing and suggestion some of my favorite shows, I'll also be catching up on some of the shows I've gotten behind on this season, (90210, Vampire Diaries, Melrose Place etc.) AND I want you to sugest a few teen-oriented/teen-related shows to check out. I'll try to take a few suggestions - watch them and review them (good or bad).

     Along with some show suggestions, I'll hopefully be throwing in a few "gifts that give back" ideas - for those of us that still have a little holiday spirit. Gifts that give back are my favorite - they're gifts you give where a portion or all of what you spent went to help a cause or person in need. I'm trying to focus on ones where you still have an item to wrap and put under the tree, but that item also give back in some way. (You'll see more once I get the posts up.)

     There are also a few more The-N/TeenNick stars' birthdays coming up - so we can turn those in some Happy Birthday mini-Spirit Days as well.  :]